Saw an old lady getting out of a BMW X7 M60i (the high performance version). I asked her what made her choose the M60i and she just said “I dunno, the salesman said it was the best one they had”.
That’s actually why the used market for BMWs is such trash. If you want a manual transmission good luck finding one because the original buyers are the people OP is talking about. People who actually know which cars are good tend to be poor people lol
Eh, downvote me, but manuals are overrated. Humans just can’t react as quickly anymore, especially with the power output now.
Now give me a gently used B58 or N63TU3 engine and I’ll be quite happy. Luckily these people that just “buy the best” don’t know what they have and just putt around town for a couple years.
Sorry but what do you mean you have to react quickly when manuals are overrated? What should you be able to do so fast in manual?
Agreed. Manual shifting is superior because you understand what you’re going to do and can plan the shift vs acceleration. An automatic can only respond to your attempts to accelerate. An automatic will prevent moments where you shift too early and lose accelerative ability, but driven accurately, a manual will be more effective. The fun mentioned in other comments is the process of mastering this balance. An automatic will (should) never approach the boundary of what the engine/transmission is capable of. With a manual, your destiny is in your hands.
Two sides of the same coin.
When I was in my 20s I had all the energy and creativity, but couldn’t afford the means to put them to good use.Now in my 40s I have the necessary disposable income, but my energy has been zapped by trying to get on top of this adulting business. I still get a creative burst, but I have to manage my projects so that I can stick to something I’m actually able to complete.
When I was 38 I finally able to get that sports car I always wanted and my twit of a neighbor who had 6 kids and pregnant with #7 condescendingly said that it was my mid life crises car.
My response was there is no mid life crises there was always a lack of money crises…
Just know, on that day, that neighbour wanted nothing more than to trade spots with you for a week.
Could have fooled me: I’m old and have no money
Having disposable income these days comes from having the same luck that made boomers millionaires. Not to say it doesn’t involve hard work, but lots of people work hard. The people who get actual compensation for it are either born into it or get very lucky.
It’s not what you know but who you…
How dare they?!
Also. Maybe don’t be such an ageist, lazy, nosey, lying do nothing piece of shit with nothing better to but harass folks who are more successful than you. Fuck off
